What game for 144 Hz?

[76561199689177033]

I have never seen any difference between 60 Hz or 144Hz in a game. But I play things like Borderlands 2. What free game or demo can I install that does need that increased FPS?

[Supafly]

if you're still running 60 fps on 1444hz you won't see much of a difference. You need to be running 144fps @144hz to see the difference

[Pocahawtness]

Borderlands is not restricted, and can happily run at any frame-rate you want. All you have to do is selected it in the main menu. Then you can use something like the NVIDIA Control Panel to set an limit that is realistic for your monitor.
There isn't an earth-shaking difference between 60Hz and 144Hz. And a lot depends on you and your monitor. Personally, I think the biggest difference is when you have been playing for a while at anything above 90Hz and then you step down to 60Hz. Then, all of a sudden, 60Hz seems very jittery.

[Blaagh]

even if you don't see a big difference you will later when you go back to 60!
and also its less strain on your eyes if you play multiple hours

[76561199689177033]

No. I see no difference. I did run it at 120 for a month. Then switched back to 60. I can tell no difference.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by Trance ☀️ Gemini:

No. I see no difference. I did run it at 120 for a month. Then switched back to 60. I can tell no difference.

Try on desktop. 144hz and draw circles with your mouse for 10/20 seconds then switch to 60hz and repeat to see a differences.

Desktop or in game you may not consciously see a difference but you should feel it's smoother

[N3tRunn3r]

does not matter

60 Hz is obsolete and it was often proven human eyes can see more than 60 Hz...

120 Hz should be minium as standard nowadays . . .
144 Hz is also ok
165 Hz is a buffed and scaled one and not really recommended
240 Hz is god-like

[_I_]

is the pc capable of holding 100+hz
or something limiting it to 60hz

if you can tell desktop is at 144hz, you can easily tall that games are too

[Iron Knights]

144hz demands 144FPS Cap, does not mean your PC will perform that at all times. It means a game for various reasons can drop to 25% of that FPS and still run smooth.
The Relationship between Monitor VRF & Driver FPS is so that glitches & screen tears do not happen. 50-60hz can be detrimental to your vision if staring at it for hours a day, 75-144hz is recommended to save your vision health wise. Not that you can visibly tell between them.

[Andrius227]

How can you not see a difference? Do you even know what to look for?

Try this website. That should help you understand.
https://www.testufo.com/

It shows comparisons and also tests and confirms if you are actually running 144hz.

[Thermal Lance]

144hz is worth it imo.But, 60 is plenty playable for most people.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

144hz is worth it imo.But, 60 is plenty playable for most people.

I can feel the difference between 60 fps at 60hz and 60 fps at 120+hz and in the latter you're seeing 1 frame multiple times and still feels smoother

[Agent]

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

144hz is worth it imo.But, 60 is plenty playable for most people.

I mainly play strategy and simulation titles. 60 fps is plenty and usually the target in most cases. The more AI's there on the field the more the frames drop. Sometimes even lower than 60.

I still like high refresh for the games that do support and run it stable. But more importantly the overall desktop smoothness for day to day.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by Agent:

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

144hz is worth it imo.But, 60 is plenty playable for most people.

I mainly play strategy and simulation titles. 60 fps is plenty and usually the target in most cases. The more AI's there on the field the more the frames drop. Sometimes even lower than 60.

I still like high refresh for the games that do support and run it stable. But more importantly the overall desktop smoothness for day to day.

You can still have high refresh rate with lower fps they are not exclusive. If you can't get fps to match refresh rate aim for fps half that of the refresh rate. 30fps for 60hz, 60 fps for 120hz 72fps for 144hz and so on. That way you'll 1 frame drawn twice.

frame 1 drawn to 1 and 2 hz
frame 2 drawn to 3 and 4 hz
frame 3 drawn to 5 and 6 hz

Some game actually have the option for setting V-Sync to half refresh rate so does this automatically.

[Agent]

Originally posted by Supafly:

You can still have high refresh rate with lower fps they are not exclusive. If you can't get fps to match refresh rate aim for fps half that of the refresh rate. 30fps for 60hz, 60 fps for 120hz 72fps for 144hz and so on. That way you'll 1 frame drawn twice.

frame 1 drawn to 1 and 2 hz
frame 2 drawn to 3 and 4 hz
frame 3 drawn to 5 and 6 hz

Some game actually have the option for setting V-Sync to half refresh rate so does this automatically.

My monitor has FreeSync and LFC. There's no need to cap at numbers like that. I just use 60 as that's what I'm used to and works for most titles. There's also been some games where the animations were capped at 60 and caused issues beyond said framerate like GTA 4.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by Agent:

Originally posted by Supafly:

You can still have high refresh rate with lower fps they are not exclusive. If you can't get fps to match refresh rate aim for fps half that of the refresh rate. 30fps for 60hz, 60 fps for 120hz 72fps for 144hz and so on. That way you'll 1 frame drawn twice.

frame 1 drawn to 1 and 2 hz
frame 2 drawn to 3 and 4 hz
frame 3 drawn to 5 and 6 hz

Some game actually have the option for setting V-Sync to half refresh rate so does this automatically.

My monitor has FreeSync and LFC. There's no need to cap at numbers like that. I just use 60 as that's what I'm used to and works for most titles. There's also been some games where the animations were capped at 60 and caused issues beyond said framerate like GTA 4.

Wasn't specifically saying to cap.

Originally posted by Agent:

I still like high refresh for the games that do support and run it stable. But more importantly the overall desktop smoothness for day to day.

This comment read, to me atleast, as you referring to fps and refresh being the same/linked. Games don't support monitors refresh rate. You could have a monitor of 10000000hz and a game that runs at 30fps, 60 fps, 72fps or whatever will still work fine regardless of the refresh rate. Thus I pointed out that that even having double the refresh rate per 1 fps is fine.

The only time refresh rate can cause issues is when a game has tied things like physics to fps. When you have Vsync on and you have a high refresh rate display the fps gets capped at the refresh rate. Prime example is Skyrim when you go above 60fps physics goers nuts so you had to cap fps, lower monitors refresh rate to 60 or modify some stuff to stop fps above 60.